Lingual shifts and creating viable languages for fantasy worlds are things I'm becoming familiar with as I begin to create a fantasy world for an original piece I'm working on. I've never kept it a secret that I have professional aspirations.
I think the great thing about fanfiction is the practical aspects of discovering whether you can reach an audience or not. Along the way, I've discovered an entire group of like-minded friends. A remarkable feat indeed!
If you're having trouble with the commercial v. art issue, does it help to remember that both Michelangelo and daVinci were both commercial artists? It helps me a lot!
I'm not surprised about JKR's mainstream leanings.... it's good politics whether she practices or not. It's very difficult buck the established order, and Christianity, in one form or another, is quite forceful about its place in our civilization.
You celebrate Yule, too? How spectacular! We've only done it for two years. DH and I agreed it was extremely hypocritical to celebrate a holiday we don't believe in at all. So I started doing some research... and all the original holidays were based on the Winter Solstice... so Yule it is. The first year was just the four of us, but my brother's feelings were really hurt, so this last year I cooked for 18! It was spectacular. The evening was so much fun and so relaxed in the midst of all the holiday stress, we're definitely doing it hereafter.
Pools are an essential when it's 100 degrees in June. August and September are our hottest months of the year, and I foresee spending a lot of time in the water this summer. We do swim every now and then in my mom's pool in January, it's heated. Ours isn't.
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I think the great thing about fanfiction is the practical aspects of discovering whether you can reach an audience or not. Along the way, I've discovered an entire group of like-minded friends. A remarkable feat indeed!
If you're having trouble with the commercial v. art issue, does it help to remember that both Michelangelo and daVinci were both commercial artists? It helps me a lot!
I'm not surprised about JKR's mainstream leanings.... it's good politics whether she practices or not. It's very difficult buck the established order, and Christianity, in one form or another, is quite forceful about its place in our civilization.
You celebrate Yule, too? How spectacular! We've only done it for two years. DH and I agreed it was extremely hypocritical to celebrate a holiday we don't believe in at all. So I started doing some research... and all the original holidays were based on the Winter Solstice... so Yule it is. The first year was just the four of us, but my brother's feelings were really hurt, so this last year I cooked for 18! It was spectacular. The evening was so much fun and so relaxed in the midst of all the holiday stress, we're definitely doing it hereafter.
Pools are an essential when it's 100 degrees in June. August and September are our hottest months of the year, and I foresee spending a lot of time in the water this summer. We do swim every now and then in my mom's pool in January, it's heated. Ours isn't.